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When admission reps don’t know what they are talking about

on May 22, 2013 in Uncategorized

How much do college admission reps know about financial aid? Many of them know next to nothing. I was reminded of this reality this week when I was attending the annual conference of the Western Association for College Admission Counseling in Costa Mesa, CA. This is a group that represents colleges, as well as high [...]

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Kick Off the Summer By Attending Our College Webinar

on May 19, 2013 in Uncategorized

Summer is the perfect time to start getting smart about finding a college and figuring out how to pay for it. Sure, it would be nice if your teen was motivated to start researching colleges, but that’s a hit-or-miss proposition for most parents. But there’s nothing keeping parents from educating themselves about the process. After [...]

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Ending College Stonewalling on Grad Salaries

on May 16, 2013 in Uncategorized

Parents and teenagers rightly wonder what they are buying when they invest a huge chunk of money into a college degree. It’s hard to know. We have no accurate records of what college students at a specific college or university earn, much less what kind of salaries that grads with a particular major, whether it’s [...]

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College Options for Musical and Artistic Students

on May 13, 2013 in Uncategorized

Today I’m sharing a highly informative guest post that explains some excellent, but overlooked options for students who are interested in attending a music conservatory or an art and design school, which are typically extremely expensive options with miserly financial aid packages. The author is Stuart Nachbar, who is president of EducatedQuest.com, a college admissions [...]

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A 53% Discount Off a College Sticker Price

on May 10, 2013 in Uncategorized

Many parents assume that college is a seller’s market, but except for the elite schools that are perched at the top of US News & World Report’s college rankings, this belief is laughable. Schools are so eager to attract freshmen to their campuses that they are now discounting their tuition at historically high levels. That’s [...]

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8 Things to Know About Attending State Universities Outside Your Borders

on May 8, 2013 in Uncategorized

If  you have to pay nonresident tuition, are public universities worth the price? That is the question facing three families whose children are heading to a state university as nonresidents this fall or are contemplating one of these institutions in the future. In my last post, I shared the issues the families faced and also [...]

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